Message From The Principal

Miling Primary School

'Together we learn and achieve'

AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL 12th February, 2020

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Dear Parents, Carers and Community

Term 1 Week 2 I have heard some wonderful holiday stories over the week, it seems you all had a very relaxing time with family and friends. Like every year, 2020 is sure to be full of learning opportunities, growth and development for our students. The year begins with the Director General having developed a new Focus 2020 document. A significant part of this document is the ‘we’ that has come from consultation with various groups including the Principals Federation of WA. This is quite a significant and genuine statement that highlights the focus for every child. My feelings about being a ‘teacher’ and ‘principal’ are one of navigating through this year and of learning together. Because parenting and teaching are similar: parenting is a responsibility we have. Teaching is the same. Teaching is a responsibility, a role, a relationship. Both teaching and parenting are positions of service. They are acts of love.

Student Leaders 2020

Congratulations to Chloe Latham on being

awarded Head Student Leader for 2020 . Our

other students leaders will be Ethan Georgy,

Summer Lewis, Benji Martin, Mikala Topham and

Riley White.

Maintenance Upgrade

You would have all seen a terrific new shade

shelter over the Junior Play Area. There is still a

little bit of work to be done but that will be

completed in the near future. In addition our

new school sign has been erected and stands

proudly outside our school.

Many thanks to Ian Seymour and Mark McCuish

for getting this done so efficiently. Some of our

work has been completed Tuesday. New

flyscreen security doors have been installed on

the classrooms.

Kindy

As a Miling Primary School community, we have

no Kindy students in 2020, but hopefully next

year we will have some new students to join the

Junior Room. We will be running ‘Miling Mates’

towards the end of 2020.

Classroom News

Miss Huggins, Mrs Dennis and myself have been

working hard on their curriculum programs

which have already resulted in our students

producing some excellent work within their

classrooms. The Juniors have shared with Miss

Huggins her experiences on her travels to Africa.

whilst the Seniors have quickly established

routines and focus on the author Julia

Donaldson. Miling students are known for the

pride they show in their work which is already

evident by the work completed in the

classrooms.

School Times

Just a friendly reminder that our school times

are as follows; Children arrive after 8:30am for

an 8:40am start. Children finish at 3:00pm

everyday apart from Wednesday where they

finish at 2:30pm. Please note, staff are not

always in their classrooms before 8:30am so

cannot adequately supervise students that arrive

prior to this time.

Attendance

I often write about attendance and the

importance of children attending school

regularly. Our best efforts at the end of last year

was 92.0% which is lower than 2018 of 93.1%.

Please ensure you notify the school via diary,

e mail or telephone regarding your child’s

absence. If the reason for the absence is not

deemed responsible it will be marked as

unacceptable.

Interm Swimming Lessons

Have begun and the students are enjoying the

opportunities to challenge and expand their

swimming abilities each day. Our children

started swimming lessons this week, with lessons

on every day.

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Regards Ms Murray, Principal

From previous page …

Interm Swimming Lessons

A note went home to parents about swimming lessons but just a reminder that children need to bring a full water bottle, snack

packed separately to take to the pool, a plastic bag, bathers, towel, underwear and a rashie each lesson. Optional items include

thongs to wear to the pool and goggles. Children do not need to come to school in their bathers (unless stated otherwise on

the note) as they will be given time to change at school before we leave.

PRIDE EFFORT PROGRESS

The school has recently been able to upgrade the school signage with the assistance of Ian Seymour, Mark McCuish and

supervised by Foxy. In addition, our new permanent shelter has been erected for our Junior area.

Both projects were made possible by Government Funding allocated at the end of 2019.

Senior Room Junior Room

Ms Murray

STEM

Senior Room students completing research

about towers throughout the world.

Then designing, experimenting and

recording information about how to

construct their designs.

A big welcome back from the Junior Room! We hope you have all had a wonderful

holiday and enjoyed spending time with your families.

We are all excited to see what 2020 brings.

5 Gifts that don't cost money

1. Give your Time. Just sitting with someone helping them nut out a challenge, or having a long leisurely chat over a cuppa without looking at your watch or phone, is a true gift. Just being with someone can boost their emotional state and your own. And there is plenty of research to suggest that what children want most from parents and carers, above any fancy toy you could buy, is your time, and that they will remember more than anything the memories of time spent togeth-er. Play a game THEY want to play for a whole afternoon, even an old fashioned board game around the table. That will be a gift to remember.

2. Give your Energy. When you're facing a task that can seem overwhelming, and/or could be physically demanding, like cleaning up the garden, de-cluttering rooms or packing to move house, how great is it when people offer to give you a hand - AND they really mean it!? When people show up with their energy and positive focus, and help you get stuck into something, it helps your physical and mental motivation and state, and it is absolutely true that a problem shared is a problem halved, and many hands make much lighter work. It makes sense when considering Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages, that 'Acts of Service' rates higher than 'Physical touch' or 'Receiving Gifts.' Giving your muscles and energy is also good for your heart in more ways than one.

3. Give your full Presence. While you can be physically with someone, in the same room or the same car, or even in the same bed, when was the last time you really gave someone your full attention, really listening to what they have to say, without judging, without butting in, without focusing on what you are going to say next? Fully focusing on someone allows them to feel truly heard and seen. Allow that person to tell their stories and remi-nisce, and when they stop talking, ask a leading question like, 'tell me more', or 'what happened then?' and watch them light up as they continue to own the communication space.

4. Forgive. Although this can be a tough one, to forgive is one of the greatest gifts you can give -mostly to yourself. We have all felt wronged and hurt by the words and actions of others, and this could have happened last week, last year or decades ago. We all have wounds that can leave us with lasting anger and bitterness, and if we don't practice forgiveness, we will be the one who pays the most, with interest - physically, emotionally and spiritually. Forgiveness is a heavy burden to carry, one which doesn't seem to make sense for us to do, and it takes courage. If you want to give yourself the gift of forgiveness, you can explore one writers suggested 7 steps to forgiveness at Positive Living Skills.

5. Express your Love and Gratitude How many times do you hear the story of someone who never got the chance to tell someone how they really felt. We have so many thoughts running through our minds and some of them are positive things we notice or feel about the important people in our lives, but we don't say those things out loud, or the moment passes. Or we are afraid of letting our emotions out. Make a point before the end of this year to tell at least 3 important people in your life how you feel about them. Tell them that you love them, or what you love about them, or how you feel about them, or something about them that you feel grateful for. That comment might just be the thing that brightens up their day or their year! And you'll feel good too. There's nev-er a better time to express your gratitude than right now, and emotions are such healing things to share. Shedding tears out of happiness or sadness is good for us.

Brooke Peden School Psychologist (Provisionally Registered) School Psychology Service Department of Education, Wheatbelt Education Region w: education.wa.edu.au e: brooke.peden@education.wa.edu.au t: 0407 117 844

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Miling Community News

Congratulations to Shilo Bailey who was

recently awarded the Moora Shire’s

Volunteer of the Year

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:-

2nd Sunday @ 9.30am & 4th Sunday @ 8am Followed By Morning Tea!

ALL WELCOME !

MILING CHRISTMAS TREE 2019

The committee would like to thank everyone for all your help in making the night a success and so much fun

for the kids. Extra special thanks to Phil and Sheryle for pickup and return of the bouncy castle. Also, thanks

Joss, Helmi and Peta for the garden games and the little bouncy castle.

To the helpers who set up and cleaned up on the night thanks so

much!!!

We would also like to thank everyone that donated to our raffle and for

your support in buying tickets. Thanks to the Travel Stop, Post Office

and the Hotel for helping us sell them. Extra thanks to Carlo for his

donation for the kids. We are lucky to have so many generous people in

our community.

The 3 lucky winners of the hampers were:

* 1st Shannon Turner * 2nd Mouse McNamara * 3rd Jane Antonio

Miling Netball Club AGM

Friday 21 Feb

5.30pm @

Miling Tennis Club

All positions will be vacant

Anyone interested in playing is also welcome

to attend or contact Karen Ellis on 0448 541

100 or Janette Pratt on 0429 922 198

HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY

AGM - Thursday 27th

Feb

7pm @ Miling Tennis

Club

All Welcome Could anyone interested in playing Seniors, C

Grade or Minkey this year please contact Shilo

The Gardiner Street Arts Collective is thrilled to present school holiday art workshops!

Kids Abstract Mixed Media by Kerry Munns

Workshop 1

9am 17th April 2020

A school holiday workshop designed for school aged kids using mixed media. They will be using a multiple of mediums - oil pastels, pencils, watercolours, ink, to design, create and paint their own work. Each child will complete 1 piece to frame in their own space. BYO art smock or old shirt. Cost- $40 each

Workshop 2

11am 17th April 2020 A school holiday workshop designed for school aged kids using acrylics with multiple implements to create an abstract painting on canvas. Each child will complete 1 piece to take home, to frame and hang in their own space. BYO art smock or old shirt. Cost- $40 each

For more information https://kmunnsart.life/shop/

Be sure to follow the GARDINER STREET ARTS COLLECTIVE on Facebook and Instagram to find out about upcoming workshops and activities!

Tennis starting at 4pm, Saturdays

Tennis Menu - 15.2.2020 Fish & Chips ( Chef Extraordinaire—Sheryle Moore )

Please note that all subs are now due. Thank you.

Ants On a Log

Method 1. Wash and cut each celery stalk into 4 equal pieces. 2. Using a teaspoon, fill the centre of the celery stalks with cream cheese. 3. Top each piece with 3 sultanas.

ENJOY !

Ingredients

3 stalks of celery

100g reduced fat cream cheese spread

1 tablespoon sultanas

TERM PLANNER – TERM 1 - 2020

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

ONE

Feb 3

Students Resume

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Early Close 2.30pm

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TWO 10

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Newsletter

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THREE

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FOUR

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Board Meeting 3.30pm

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Newsletter

Early Close 2.30pm

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FIVE

Mar 2

LABOUR DAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

3

4

Early Close 2.30pm

5

Snr Assembly

P&C

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SIX

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Newsletter

Early Close 2.30pm

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13

Inter School Swimming Carnival

SEVEN

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School Photos

Early Close 2.30pm

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Bullying No Way

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EIGHT

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Newsletter

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NINE

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Jnr Assembly

P & C

Apr 1

Early Close 2.30pm

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TEN

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Newsletter

Early Close 2.30pm

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ANZAC Service

LAST DAY OF TERM